The first document is about a painting of pioneers traveling westward using various means of transportation and an imaginary female figure guiding them. This document was created by John Gast in 1873. The purpose was to show the westward movement of pioneers. The audience is meant for anyone who are interested in how the west was settled. The summary is that pioneers had many problems during their westward migration‚ including fights with Native Americans and finding food. This painting shows pioneers
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The American West was settled and developed by newcomers to America between the years 1840 and 1895.The first group of people to move from the eastern seaboard to head out westwards are very interesting people. The first were ‘mountain men’‚ who were soon followed by early settlers‚ then gold miners‚ traders‚ more farmers and finally women. The first Europeans to move to the west coast of America from the east are very important to the history of our country. The first white Americans to
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In addition to Fight for the Water Hole‚ another one of Frederic Remington’s works that capture the reality and struggle of life in the west is his painting‚ The Emigrants. In this artwork‚ a group of Native Americans are shown in the exact moment before ambushing a traveling band of settlers‚ more specifically‚ one lone man as he begins to cross a body of water. Here‚ Remington depicts the tension and conflict between the new settlers and the existing Native Americans. This imminently violent scene
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1. Utah is both a product of the times in which it emerged but also a unique entity that worked to shape its own future. Robbins and Malone both describe how the west‚ and by a large extent Utah is a part of the great narrative of the American West and sometimes differing from it entirely. By exploring the different facets and predominant activities of 1850’s and beyond we can find clues as to the origins and ultimate fate of the region . By exploring Western American capitalism‚ various functions
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Natasha Black Assignment 1 Settlement West There are many reasons the settlers were motivated to face dangers and hardships to move west. They believed they would have better opportunities in the west that they did in the east. The west was completely open and a place for new beginnings. Farmland was available and no one owned anything so everything was available for them to take‚ many settlers made a living working on farms‚ so this brought on many job opportunities for them. The United
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Brittany Exam 3 Essay 9 Dec 2012 Transformations of the American West The three most important transformations of the American West were the completion of the railway system‚ economically‚ the diversity of the people‚ socially‚ and the conservation of land‚ politically. All of these transformations have made an unmistakable impact of the American West and what it is today. The largest economic transformation in American Western history was the building of the railroad systems. It was the
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Turner Thesis Summary Throughout history society has to go through many changes that not only affect many of the people but also the areas around the transformation. The main point of Fredrick Jackson Turner’s thesis is what the real essence of America is‚ and how we’re all influenced by the many changes we have to go through. He believes that American history should not be focused on the extension of European enterprise. The society will have to realize that America will have to be emancipated
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To Chris McCandless and many others of his ilk like Henry Thoreau and Jack London‚the wilderness of the west has a very specific allure. McCandless sees the wilderness as a purer state‚ a place free of the evils of modern society‚ where someone like him can find out what he is really made of‚ live by his own rules‚ and be completely free. Yet‚ it is also true that the reality of day-to-day living in the wilderness is not as romantic as he and others like him imagine it to be. Perhaps this explains
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Pueblo Indians The pueblo people‚ sometimes called the Anasazi. Began to build mud-brick houses for themselves in the south-west part of America about 100 BC. They were also known as the Basket Maker people. These people built houses of wooden poles and mud-brick‚ often dug into pits in the ground‚ or they lived in caves. People hunted and gathered most of their food‚ but by 1 AD they also grew pumpkins and corn‚ which they had learned about from Maya people to their south. They did not
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In this essay you will learn about a park that is located in New Braunfels‚ TX. This park is the home of the largest springs in Texas. The Comal Springs has seven major springs and dozens of smaller ones that occur over a distance of 4‚300 feet. The Springs and the Comal River are home to a federally endangered species named Fountain Darter. Though there are other rivers and springs in New Braunfels‚ the Comal Springs flows through the popular Landa Park which is home to wildlife and a great place
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